Construction of gas-discharging devices for retort coke ovens.



WXLLIAI HENRY ALLEN. Ht, OIOIWB J1. MICHIGAN AMllUh'tH! TO [Elf/I OLVAY tOHl'ANY. tlYltACt'l'ilu. NEW YORK. A CORI'OIAIION t)! NEW YORK CONSTRUCTION OI OAI-DIUCHAROINU DZVlLllU FOR lE'tOlti COKE OVIII.

. H'tate ut' Mirhigun. have invented certain lpectlutton 0t Lotto" Patent.

Application flint lurch 17. "01 Intel Ne "I i".

tt emnlitiun 'llitll has lu-retat'are heen the murre ut' tum-h tmnnt'entetu'e and expense in l have found that il' a liquid. awater. in I sat-h mudumu that It will he t'apm-ized h the retnrt will range at about 500" (2., under the heat of the gas. and in the wqmt'izatinu ut' \vhteh u t-uusntet'ahle nutnher trt' heat :nf'nnit is absorbed. he diN'hat-ged ilttn the nnttn gas pt 0e. the tem u-rature at the gas may he an nr redueetl uitlmul any uh eetiunahle results. that the ulmt'e dated elleet-aut' the heat upon the tar ill he lllt't'tlttt'tl.

tlut \tt'h't's nutt' he prevented ur renun'ed hy and at the Htltlt' time .the depupit uf tar un l'uteutett Jan. 25. "H0.

iarranged to llltllill'fll intn will or the other half at the tan part main mu pt I! B. ll, through parts (1,, eautrulled by \"a wag, (7. Set in thrmtgh the die" uf the pi It A is a liquid tliwharge pipe. ll, ut'tangt-t tn entitmnnieate with. a smart-e at llltlltl suppl tlmt damn). The latter Mai u the pipe l ta t'luwtl i a rep I). pt'm'idetl with a -lattetl "petting. m dt-pw-ed that liq'nid entering under pre-sure tht'ntlgh the pipe I) will he thrun'n in the farm at a -pra upon the t'ttlh iii the \alu-.-. t, t, and. tln'ungh'whiehever part may he opt-n. intnhe pipe below.

The upt-ratiun nt' thrtlevit'e is as t'nlluwn': 'ht-n um L- ht-ing tliw'intl'gml thraugh the ape illtu eitlu'l' part a! the pi n: ll, il, a itptid. -ueh aeater. in a tiney divided t'ntulitiun readily vnhitilizalde under the lt'tllpt't'ttllll t' mnditium pl' '-t'lll. and 'lllt'll in in t'ulntilizatiun will ah-urh a ttllbitllfl'ttlilt! number at heat units. is dihehurged in the farm uf a spray under pre-sure that the awning. r. at the pipe I). and falls upon the \'al\eand the valve Mutts, and, thl'ungh whiehm er \ttlte may he upen. intu the pipe lit-hm.

The tempt-nature ut' the gas muting frmu nhit-h euudiliun the finely divided particles at water are quiekly converted into steam. is well knmvn, 966 heat unit. are abmrhetl hy each peund at \ratet' eenvertett intn :deam. Evidently the flow a! water may be adjusted as desired and, by the enntimmus ah.-.traetimt frtnu the gas at the rt.

' quit-ed number at heat units, it may be kept hruadlt' in tlim'lnu'g'ing #urh a liquid ttpun t0 the \a we hieh t'untrul the uutleta t'rnut the lueal gas diwhat'gtpipe and hue the main an dtwluu'ge pipe in a liuely thvtded eanditinu. a in h farm at a spray #0 as to eau.-e its va mrimttimt therein, and in the enlnhitnttiun with sut'h pipes at mean.- far 'etleetiug sueh tltfllllltll 'e.

I the lllt'tlllllllt'lll features of my tnt'entiun is illustrated in the aeetmuutnynul drawingu. l i "we I at which to- #lum'n a vertieat longimdina tteetion thereof tuul Fig. 3 an enlarged view at the liquid diselmrge pipe.

Referring to the drawing, i| t t lieate.-t a local gas diseharge pipe 'letulitfg Team a retort rake oven (not. shown). The pipe, A,

I I I e'ill n-nunn III at sueh a temperature that the deposited tar state in whieh it (till be readily, renuwet ruin the )ipes. At the Hilllt' time the t ndqmited an the valve watlH ke ll wit and is washed away by the nu-ehaniea aetiun of the water tipray filling then-ea. m'that the ditiieulty in operating the t alves. due to the presence of tar en the raliee'seuts, is ulnilted.

While I .iprefer h-i use enter as the liquid far earrying-uu ilt\t'llilttll into ettect, it is evident that any other liquid. nut uhjectiunable for ehentieul rear-40m; and in the vehitilizatieu of whit-h a mn-tiderahle number of heat units is ahsut'l etl. may he emplovetl. The steam farmed will he earried uinng with the gm: amt may he euimqaentl c0ndenser].in4j nnlenwrs or, in. lny unita )le or desired part ut'the apparatus.

What I clnim n5 new and desire in secure f by Lcilvl's lah-nl ls! 1. Thu combination with a discharge ipe turn, 0n llm shlu adjam-nl In t for hm gas, pruvided with a control in vulva, 01 a li uid spraying duvicu. locum adjacentlnam diaclnn' ing upon said valve. for delivering a liquil in a finely divided mmlition illlo the hm. gun and upon thu valve soul.

2. The combination with a discharge pipe for hot s, provided with a valve seat, and a comm ling valve for en ging said seal, of a spraying nozzl prop-cling into said m n, mljlcynl in said vnlw will, will lmzzlv mg prm'nlml wilh n lalvrnl s n'nying nporinvnlw seal,

and a li nid supply pipe (-nnnm'lwl with said mm: o.

-\\"M. HENRY ALLEN, Jim.

Witnesses:

P. B. Kean, R. E. l-hnwx.

nulnwribed my name, this 12th day of March 20 

